The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants. - F. Liszt（October 22, 1811）
指揮的主要挑戰是不要把自己顯示得很明顯，而是要把自己盡可能地隱藏起來。我們是領航員，不是僕人。李斯特（1811/10/22）
譯者:李佳霖

I am a classical music lover - not necessarily the contemporary stuff, but the old stuff. - Eberhard Weber(January 22, 1940)
我是古典音樂愛好者，不是現代的東西，是老東西。～艾博哈瑋柏(1940/1/22)
譯者:李佳霖

I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people. - Eberhard Weber(January 22, 1940)
我喜歡創造我內在聽到的音樂。做一個指揮，你有這能力擠壓並詮釋你要求的50到80人的聲音。艾博哈瑋柏(1940/1/22)
譯者:李佳霖

I love these kinds of classical sounds and thought I'd like to use them at least once on an album of mine before I die. - Eberhard Weber(January 22, 1940)
我喜愛這類古典聲音，至少在死前的一張專輯要用到它們。艾博哈瑋柏(1940/1/22)
譯者:李佳霖

Study Bach! There you'll find everything. - Johannes Brahms
研究巴赫! 你會找到所有東西。(布拉姆斯談巴赫)
譯者:李佳霖

Now there is finally something from which one can learn something. - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, upon hearing a Bach motet.
現在終於有些東西，從中我們可以學東西。(莫札特聽巴赫經文歌評論)
譯者:李佳霖

Everyone wants immediate success, immediate celebrity, and that doesn't produce what used to be artists. - Colin R. Davis柯林戴維斯 (9/25/1927)
每個人都想要快速成功，快速有名，那不是成為藝術家的方式。
譯者:台灣合唱音樂中心

Mozart is expressing something that is more than human. - Colin R. Davis柯林戴維斯 (9/25/1927)
莫札特表達了比人性更多的東西。
譯者:台灣合唱音樂中心

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. - Colin R. Davis柯林戴維斯 (9/25/1927)
通往成功和失敗的道路幾乎一樣。
譯者:台灣合唱音樂中心

To lose your temper is only useful once a year. - Colin R. Davis柯林戴維斯 (9/25/1927)
發脾氣一年只有效一次。
譯者:台灣合唱音樂中心